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Elon Musk’s xAI wins permit to build power plant in Mississippi despite pollution concerns
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Elon Musk’s xAI wins permit to build power plant in Mississippi despite pollution concerns

Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI scored a victory in Mississippi, where regulators on Tuesday authorized the artificial intelligence company to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in the town of Southaven to power its nearby data centers. The Mississippi Department of […]

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Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab
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Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab

Mira Murati, then-chief technology officer of OpenAI, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live Conference in Laguna Beach, California, Oct. 17, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia has made a “significant investment” in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab as part of a new multiyear strategic partnership, the companies announced […]

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Google deepens Pentagon AI push after Anthropic sues Trump administration
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Google deepens Pentagon AI push after Anthropic sues Trump administration

People walk near a sign outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images A day after Anthropic sued the Trump administration for designating the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk, Google is deepening its relationship with the Defense Department and expanding the role of its […]

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Elon Musk’s xAI wants to build a power plant in Mississippi. Regulators plan a key meeting on Election Day
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Elon Musk’s xAI wants to build a power plant in Mississippi. Regulators plan a key meeting on Election Day

Elon Musk waves to the crowd during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters With Elon Musk’s xAI planning to build a massive, natural-gas burning power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, the state’s environmental authority has scheduled a board meeting for Tuesday — Election Day […]

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber stepping back, former WordPress parent chief Toni Schneider named interim boss
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber stepping back, former WordPress parent chief Toni Schneider named interim boss

CEO, Bluesky Social Jay Graber speaks on stage during 2025 Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit & Gala at Jacob Javits Center on June 5, 2025 in New York City. Eugene Gologursky | Getty Images Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said Monday that she will be stepping down and transitioning to the company’s chief innovation officer. […]

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OpenAI hardware leader resigns after deal with the Pentagon
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OpenAI hardware leader resigns after deal with the Pentagon

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Caitlin Kalinowski, who ⁠oversaw hardware at OpenAI, announced her resignation on Saturday, citing concerns about ​the company’s agreement ​with the Department ​of Defense. In a social media post on X, Kalinowski wrote that OpenAI did not take enough time before agreeing ⁠to ‌deploy its AI models on the […]

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How China is challenging the U.S. to become the next great space power
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How China is challenging the U.S. to become the next great space power

China’s space program has hit a number of milestones lately. In 2025, China executed over 90 orbital launches, setting a new national record for orbital launches in a single year. In the last five years, China returned the first samples from the far side of the Moon, completed its own low-earth orbit space station and […]

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Vast wraps 0 million funding round as company vies for NASA space station contract
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Vast wraps $500 million funding round as company vies for NASA space station contract

Vast Space missed out on the first round of NASA awards for the next International Space Station, but that isn’t stopping the company from going all in on stage two. CEO Max Haot told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan this week that the company is betting on its “leapfrog strategy” and planning to build and launch a […]

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Anthropic CEO says ‘no choice’ but to challenge Trump admin’s supply chain risk designation in court
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Anthropic CEO says ‘no choice’ but to challenge Trump admin’s supply chain risk designation in court

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, during a Bloomberg Television interview in San Francisco, Dec. 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei confirmed that the U.S. government declared his company a supply chain risk on Thursday and said it has “no choice” but to challenge the designation […]

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OpenAI’s Altman takes jabs at Anthropic, says government should be more powerful than companies
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OpenAI’s Altman takes jabs at Anthropic, says government should be more powerful than companies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took subtle swipes at rival Anthropic on Thursday and said he thinks it’s “bad for society” if companies start abandoning their commitment to the democratic process because “some people don’t like the person or people currently in charge.” “The government is supposed to be more powerful than private companies,” Altman said […]

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